Archive for October, 2006

Halloween

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Winter is here again - the weather’s getting greyer and colder, the clock went back to GMT making the shorter-getting days even shorter - and, as a consequence, most of us are getting grumpy, sad and miserable. Before the sparkling Christmas decorations go up and the office parties start, there is not much to cheer [...]

Aphrodite Hills Villas

Friday, October 20th, 2006

Investing abroad in Holiday villas is a big business. More and more resorts are being built all over the world to attract people to buy their own dream villas, which they can enjoy for a few months and rent out for the rest of the year. The properties are managed by a company who insures [...]

Aphrodite Hills Resort

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

The Aphrodite Hills Resort is advertised as being an award-winning 5 star resort with a stunning golf course, “the best spa in the eastern Mediterranean”, its own village square with bars & restaurants.  Wow! It sounded too good to be true - which of course it was - but  having been impressed by the photos [...]

Interiors Abroad

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

I always find other people’s homes interesting - seeing how they live; what their taste is like; how they organise their life and so on.  I’m even more fascinated by people living abroad. Despite the homogenisation of our world - styles, likes and dislikes are different in different cultures. What’s so wonderful about Europe is [...]